PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Takimata dolor eirmod nonumy dolore dolore et clita accusam dolor tincidunt et dignissim hendrerit. Dolor option labore dolor magna iriure vulputate nisl sit te dolor nibh gubergren dolor autem eos et odio mazim. Eos hendrerit doming ipsum eirmod voluptua zzril nulla sit ipsum tempor. Nonummy et no hendrerit facilisis lorem iusto labore accusam eos diam qui eu amet sanctus kasd eos facilisis et. Sed ipsum amet nulla est diam lorem voluptua voluptua gubergren aliquyam dolor et dolor lorem tincidunt.
Sed sit ipsum accumsan consectetuer sit ipsum voluptua amet sadipscing et liber lorem odio magna amet at takimata euismod. Esse accumsan labore consequat takimata kasd dolores sanctus clita illum amet. Duo duo et in tempor diam soluta amet feugiat erat accumsan kasd no. Velit blandit et accusam eos accumsan lorem ea dolor ipsum labore magna et nonumy. Sit rebum ad dolor lorem eirmod ipsum ut ullamcorper ea nisl facilisi duis et te ea. Lorem consequat eos lorem diam laoreet.
Sample Output H3
Sit invidunt amet luptatum vero consectetuer dolore nostrud duis illum rebum sadipscing magna sanctus dolor. Ut vero vulputate ut duo ut sit placerat. Kasd et ea dolores. Sanctus ullamcorper et at voluptua nobis ipsum ea tempor rebum invidunt erat tempor nam amet eos quis. Adipiscing justo zzril amet invidunt amet eirmod clita nostrud diam euismod amet praesent. Gubergren dolore et voluptua et hendrerit stet justo aliquam lorem tempor sed lorem eirmod. Velit duis ea amet qui ea ut lorem takimata accusam in nam magna elitr gubergren eos placerat.
Dolor vel magna in amet et. Lorem amet feugiat clita erat sit lorem dolor vel. Delenit amet et takimata rebum at erat est. Et luptatum sed accumsan voluptua rebum dolor velit odio dolor sea. Dolor erat sit sit ad et sed sadipscing nihil elitr et accusam erat sed eum. Sanctus nonumy et. Amet diam nonumy dolor et voluptua est dolores molestie at diam sed. Takimata duo dolores. Facilisi nulla invidunt diam augue lorem te labore tempor nulla volutpat duo aliquyam sed feugiat ipsum amet. Eos in lorem erat facer et kasd. Duo stet nonumy clita lorem voluptua nulla.
Sample Output H4
Sed labore elitr invidunt et nihil consequat labore enim takimata option ex amet stet at commodo. Consetetur sed et duis sed ea rebum. Aliquyam clita vel. Nonumy at et dolor et accusam invidunt ipsum eos. Sed magna sit diam. Magna vero justo sit rebum dolore elitr magna est.
Diam ipsum sed et consetetur amet elitr no. Et diam nisl ipsum gubergren nonumy congue diam stet. Vel volutpat ea laoreet dolore sit kasd kasd nulla ipsum dolor voluptua sit erat suscipit ut tempor vero. Nam clita nonumy aliquip et duis lorem esse dolores feugait vero dolor dolor justo ut ea nonumy justo elitr. Et labore eirmod elit quis tincidunt diam euismod gubergren erat voluptua ipsum at et tincidunt ex enim clita. Stet sed aliquyam sadipscing tempor iusto dolor iriure sea duis. Magna iriure erat sed eirmod takimata eos feugait consetetur in aliquam duis voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Et lorem ipsum duis esse justo sed dolore sit justo lobortis diam dolor eos accumsan dolor. Stet consetetur eros feugiat. Dolor amet duo. Accusam qui ut sea amet lorem takimata lorem consectetuer dolor kasd stet eos sit consetetur labore. Sea lorem dolores erat ut lorem amet.
Dolore erat dignissim ipsum tempor exerci amet takimata autem placerat. Odio ipsum eirmod labore. Eos nostrud suscipit in nonumy ipsum. Nihil diam possim enim dolor diam ut duo nonumy ea et nonumy iriure. Esse lorem ipsum duo dolor gubergren sit no stet sanctus kasd et eirmod. In no dolore quod labore stet.
Sample Output H3
Molestie sadipscing consetetur erat at. Invidunt lorem invidunt lorem et ea nisl vero nobis accusam eos ea quis nonumy sed. Cum ut velit et mazim autem sit elitr sanctus eu sed eum. No nulla ut assum eu vero no justo nonummy sanctus mazim nonumy dolores takimata ea accusam ipsum duo ex. Labore sea voluptua takimata in adipiscing voluptua molestie. Gubergren sed tempor iusto takimata in at dolores amet labore. Dolor magna et sanctus dolor diam dolore takimata esse tempor invidunt ipsum accumsan dolores at magna luptatum. Dolor iriure dolor eos accumsan dolore clita liber nam gubergren sit tempor diam. Amet dolore sit sea dolor justo sed erat gubergren lorem clita voluptua takimata vero dolor velit aliquyam et sit. Dolor eos magna sit dolore et ut quis nonumy minim lorem lorem. Sed ea eirmod ipsum.
Ipsum justo justo. Dignissim tempor et ea quod sadipscing dolores. Erat diam dolore nibh. Diam amet sit et consectetuer amet nulla. Nulla et dolor diam eum voluptua lorem elitr tempor eu invidunt erat sit diam. Facilisis et clita dolores labore amet nostrud sea ipsum et eirmod magna eos nonumy justo et aliquip.
Sample Output H4
Sed et in aliquip sit et duo tation sed sadipscing veniam esse sea. Sea vero consetetur et aliquam. Duis aliquyam nulla hendrerit amet sadipscing consetetur doming ipsum dolor et illum adipiscing et consequat. Consectetuer dolor et et lorem sanctus consequat et sanctus ad magna justo magna wisi at rebum. Elitr erat lorem. Clita sadipscing aliquam diam dolor lobortis nulla voluptua sit sit dolore aliquyam et vero. Est consequat dolores dolores sed wisi labore facilisis kasd takimata rebum ullamcorper. Et dolor nulla aliquip dolores accusam lorem et minim consetetur clita.
Et gubergren aliquyam volutpat et lorem at dolores gubergren rebum sed ad facer nonumy ipsum ad voluptua. Sed ipsum et est consetetur sadipscing. Stet amet sea sit hendrerit takimata nonumy nonummy dolore takimata nulla lorem voluptua dolor ea ea. Sea sanctus invidunt eirmod amet et sit stet consectetuer aliquyam ut no aliquyam dolores kasd nam facilisis. Et amet dolore sit facilisi invidunt ut sea et eu veniam vel ipsum stet. Et quis odio takimata diam duo.
Sample Output H4
Et sed at cum illum dolor nonumy gubergren sea dolore. Consetetur consequat sed no lorem amet ipsum tempor sit dolores et sit ea nisl at. Nonumy doming ea invidunt diam sea dolor consetetur kasd consetetur sit invidunt takimata sadipscing justo. Dolores sea justo duo consetetur et accusam sed tempor ea stet facilisis nonumy. Clita dolor sea. Amet ea clita adipiscing aliquyam molestie autem. Volutpat sanctus ipsum amet lorem takimata duis facilisis et takimata assum takimata dolor ipsum magna lobortis et. Sit vero et et magna lobortis feugiat. Elitr lorem et lorem sed et assum gubergren. Ea sadipscing velit et est aliquyam quis takimata est sed sit et ut voluptua nonumy. Duo et at sed dolor vero clita at consequat zzril.
Clita erat eos eirmod ipsum dolore eos veniam wisi erat sed tempor stet augue eros diam nulla. Te diam vulputate sanctus sed vulputate stet lorem sed hendrerit duis sit aliquyam vero justo eos. Sed accusam vel aliquyam. Invidunt iriure labore assum sit lorem dolores soluta dolore invidunt rebum euismod. Ea wisi takimata justo et elitr stet sed dolore ea et illum consectetuer sea accumsan wisi esse est nonummy. Consetetur feugait consetetur iusto diam sed ea dolore nam sed dolor magna aliquam justo. Dolor eirmod diam velit ipsum at quod.
More Sample Output H2
Sed lorem ipsum diam nulla labore dolor et justo diam iriure consetetur. Justo erat elitr diam hendrerit ipsum aliquam consequat. Kasd amet elitr accusam amet id dolores diam odio adipiscing nonumy dolor at tempor voluptua vero vero aliquam. Dolores stet duis et lobortis ea in elit adipiscing at nonumy sed. Sed vero elitr volutpat dolor aliquam nonumy accusam. Erat hendrerit sit eirmod eirmod consetetur elitr lorem ipsum ea veniam sed aliquam elitr molestie eros cum. Voluptua rebum ex sit luptatum eum nam te ea consetetur no diam et dolore gubergren tempor labore takimata diam. Voluptua consetetur nonumy diam et sea. Facilisis at vel nonummy sanctus stet ad diam takimata vel.
Odio amet clita erat ipsum. Voluptua amet magna. Adipiscing no nulla et illum aliquyam et at accusam dolore vero ipsum magna tempor erat dolor lorem. Ipsum dolor molestie minim dolores labore takimata soluta. Ipsum vero facilisi autem clita enim amet no nonummy amet facilisi at.
Sample Output H3
Consectetuer laoreet stet amet aliquam invidunt voluptua sit augue invidunt rebum elitr. Sed et sed consetetur sed et ad labore sit lorem esse kasd dolor justo vero stet velit. Lorem ut in diam nonumy laoreet labore ipsum dolores takimata rebum. Et lobortis odio invidunt dolores vulputate invidunt velit eos clita et commodo nonummy ut laoreet. Est amet et stet sit sed voluptua diam suscipit est aliquyam consequat sed takimata dolore sadipscing accusam. Feugiat ipsum diam et dolor ipsum labore duis et. Ea nonumy nonummy luptatum dolor amet ipsum dolores. Labore lorem ipsum.
At clita te amet commodo et. Iriure tincidunt sanctus erat takimata ipsum nonumy commodo. Erat amet vero dolor id wisi iriure dolor est ea. Consequat dolor est accumsan magna vero consetetur labore diam sadipscing ut et sed erat qui et accusam tempor no. In molestie dolor. Molestie diam in lorem consetetur dolor dolore amet et gubergren erat. Vero ea autem vel laoreet dolores sea et dolor dolores gubergren liber diam. Vero gubergren rebum duo amet rebum est lorem diam diam dolore diam erat. Iriure diam et hendrerit.
Sample Output H4
Vero et nonumy diam eum at aliquyam voluptua vero amet takimata et rebum ipsum. Et duis duis. Et laoreet takimata gubergren sea amet dolore et aliquam laoreet velit invidunt suscipit aliquip ea lorem invidunt stet tempor. Vero labore sed eos. Et kasd te.
Eos exerci amet et. Tempor adipiscing feugiat magna. Kasd ipsum euismod clita et stet gubergren. Rebum vero eros ut dolor vero dolore dolore in sit. At nonumy aliquam labore nulla duo magna et labore vel exerci duis velit. Laoreet rebum accusam diam vero sit sed vel vel iriure amet ut eirmod sit at rebum dolor sed. Sit sanctus dolor takimata justo et sit sed consetetur labore. Labore et accusam augue nam kasd.
Sample Output H4
Dolores amet elitr sea iriure elitr labore vero nulla justo stet et dolore consequat ea diam amet labore. Ut accusam voluptua gubergren et ut euismod iriure no rebum mazim dolore ea. Eum clita esse lorem eu duis. Ut nulla volutpat eos duis magna illum eirmod dolor at quis. Qui iusto et diam diam sea eos sit duo in sed eos erat. Aliquyam ipsum stet autem eos duo suscipit kasd enim et tincidunt tempor ipsum accusam no ex rebum et. Dolore eum dolor et. Vel zzril feugait iriure dolor voluptua in commodo sadipscing nobis labore amet dolor amet. Autem dolores takimata nonumy feugiat duo ipsum est dolor elitr rebum amet diam sed diam. Consetetur diam ea lorem takimata eum gubergren rebum iriure invidunt voluptua consetetur.
Vero justo duo dolor dolor justo lorem rebum gubergren et dolor te takimata nisl kasd ea. Accusam et magna diam laoreet dignissim elitr et ipsum sea. Delenit consetetur takimata no tempor consequat amet nonummy diam sadipscing voluptua nulla ad magna dolores sadipscing nonummy kasd. At ut sed vero est erat nisl aliquyam est. Voluptua duis amet clita te dolores et vel consectetuer sea sed. Dignissim diam dignissim.
Sample Output H3
Consequat te liber tincidunt sit sit labore consequat doming vulputate. Ipsum aliquyam zzril lorem feugiat ea sit erat. Et accusam diam dolor sit lorem takimata amet lorem sit eos. Doming in eos volutpat erat eirmod aliquyam ea et kasd. Aliquyam nonumy stet commodo in accusam veniam est eirmod nibh labore placerat veniam rebum cum adipiscing dolor. Nonumy magna autem quis justo takimata no elitr blandit no gubergren lorem delenit eu nonumy accusam. Lorem dolores wisi ea vero elitr nostrud. Clita vero ipsum nonummy nisl ea et et voluptua diam. Aliquam dolores diam suscipit elitr justo accusam soluta sit labore.
Diam ipsum erat clita facilisis aliquip sed sit diam nonumy gubergren sea magna. Dolore kasd consetetur ut et facilisis ipsum dolore stet lorem enim. Justo erat ipsum no rebum qui labore eos nulla diam gubergren ipsum imperdiet sit. Veniam amet aliquyam elitr et at zzril lobortis gubergren facilisi kasd consectetuer et et eum ipsum. Dolores dolores sed et. Erat feugait exerci vero in aliquyam odio dignissim elitr tation et dolore.
Sample Output H4
Diam vero amet sanctus facilisi sanctus exerci dolor lorem eirmod dolor dolor. Nam feugiat dignissim. Nonumy amet aliquyam kasd erat praesent aliquyam dolore labore dolor nonumy minim dolore clita eirmod erat et. Nulla accusam veniam velit sadipscing et sed justo et diam sea. Amet elitr et erat.
Clita lorem tempor in et at esse tempor tempor accusam dolore in te vero amet sadipscing. Autem vel volutpat dolor consetetur lorem dolore. Justo sed tempor ipsum diam eum sadipscing illum ut et ut sed tempor sanctus et. Nonumy dolore takimata sed diam. Et ipsum takimata sed sea in vel duo molestie amet est at sit dolore.
Sample Output H4
Diam iriure vulputate clita vero at zzril dolores volutpat sed et consequat. Sea dolor sed in dolor tempor vulputate diam et invidunt et lorem qui imperdiet diam est erat gubergren. Et vero sadipscing eu consequat duis nibh sea et justo eos et sit magna tempor kasd dolor. Dignissim amet velit kasd ipsum. Te at stet diam vel. Magna hendrerit dolore tempor vel et dolores.
Nonumy consetetur erat sadipscing elitr dolor molestie eirmod justo dolore ut sadipscing placerat elitr. Labore est dignissim consetetur duo sed velit diam sit. Elitr ipsum ut justo magna commodo sadipscing sed. Magna labore nonumy dolor aliquyam ea eos diam consetetur sed clita. Diam dolor eleifend sadipscing nibh tempor. Wisi amet accusam sea eos consequat ex lorem tempor justo tempor labore. Et justo kasd dolore amet ipsum sed congue consetetur accusam iriure autem blandit vero. Voluptua wisi voluptua aliquam kasd hendrerit gubergren et diam voluptua et amet erat et liber ea takimata takimata.